Washtub-cover



1. KANSTER.

WSHTUB COVER.

APPLlcATloN FILED 06126. 1920.

Patented Aug. 9, 1921-.

INVEHTOR l?) ATTORNEY JACOB KANSTER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WASHTUB-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. a, raar.

Application led October 6, 1920. Serial No. 415,063.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JACOB KANsTnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vashtubn Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washtub covers and provides a washtub cover of ample strength ande ruggedness comprising a wooden frame inclosed in sheet metal and having a sheet metal top plate and a surface sheet of material which stands up well and presents an attractive appearance over long periods of use and which is united to the sheet metal cover at its edges. Various materials, such as linoleum, sheet aluminum, and the like, may be used for the surface sheet.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an isometrical view of the upper side of a tub cover in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of theunderside of the cover. Fig. 3 is a diagrammatical view showing the relation of the surface sheet to the sheet metal upper plate of the cover; and Fig. 4 is a part isometrical and part sectional view, the sectional portion being taken onl the line JC-t, Fig. 1, the thickness of the sheet metal being somewhat exaggerated in this view. l

Reference character 10 indicates the sheet metal top plate which is preferably made of galvanized iron or steel and serves to give strength and stiffness to thev cover, particularly when used in place of a table or the like, as is customary when the tub is not in use for washing. The edges of the top plate 10 are double seamed at 11 to the sheet metal edge binding strip 12 of the tub cover. The double seam joint formed between the sheet metal members 10 and 12 extends inwardly about the edges of the cover at the top side thereof and comprises four thicknesses of metal 13, 14, 15 and 16.

The surface sheet 17 of the wear resisting material combining good wearing qualities with an attractive appearance, suchv as linoleum, sheet aluminum and the like, is preferably placed upon the sheet metal top plate 10 either before or after the edges 14 thereof are turned up for double scanning, as shown in Fig. 3. The edge 18 of the linoleum or other surface material 17 is bound into the double seam joint 11, making a fifth thickness of material in such double seam joint, as shown. clearly in Fig. 4. When compressible material such as linoleum or the like is used for the surface sheet, the edge 18 of the surface sheet 17 is compressed by the metallic members of the double seam joint 11, making a irm,'watertight oint which is readily kept in sanitary condition. f

The tub cover frame is preferably made of wood and may comprise side and end stri s 19 provided with suitable corner bloc rs and these wooden members are preferably inclosed in sheet metal by the provision of sheet metal pieces vof suitable form, such as the strip covering members 20 and corner block covering members 21, and such members 20 and 21 are preferably joined to the sheet metal edge binding strip 12 by double seam joints 22 extending about the bottom of the tub cover and giving added strength and rigidity to the structure.

It 'will be seen that `a washtub cover in accordance with my invention can be readily constructed at low cost, that it has the strength and lasting qualities of the wooden frame cover bound with sheet metal by double seam joints, and at the same time presents a good appearance over an extended period of use without being subject to chipping, marring and the like, as very readily happens, for instance, .when it is attempted to secure an attractive appearing tub cover by the use of enameled metal.

l claim:

1v. A tub cover comprising an upper plate of sheet metal and a surface sheet of wear resisting material over the sheet metal, and

an edge binding strip of sheet metal, said edge binding strip being bound to the sheet metal upper plate by a double seam joint extending inwardly from the edges of the cover at the top side thereof and in which double seam the edges of the wear resisting material are received and compressed.

2. A tub cover comprising a wooden frame, an edge bindingstrip of sheet metal, and sheet metal covering pieces for the an uppell plate of sheet metal upon the Wooden frame members double seemed to frame and bound to tbe edge binding strip the edge binding strip about the lower mar- 10 n L double seam, L surface sheet of' Wear regin thereof. Y v

gisting material such as lnoleum upon the ln Witnes Whereof7 l' have Signed my uppel` plate and having its edges received 1mm@ hereton said double seam and compressed thereby, JCUB KANSTER. 

